Immigration authorities at Mwanza border have sent back to Mozambique a unit of Ethiopians who were brought in the country by their counterparts in Mozambique on Tuesday.

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has suspended application of new passports from Wednesday to pave way for migration of machine readable passports to the e-passport.

The Immigration Department says the online visa service it is introducing for visitors to Malawi is aimed at improving efficiency in facilitating travel to the country.